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Verbena

Pocket Manual of Homoeopathic Materia Medica · William Boericke

Open remedy: Verbe-h.

For educational use by students and qualified practitioners. Not medical advice. Consult a registered homeopath.

Blue Vervain

General

Affects the skin and NERVOUS SYSTEM. Nervous depression, weakness and irritation and spasms. Promotes the absorption of blood and allays pain in bruises. Vesicular erysipelas. Passive congestion and intermittent fever. One of the remedies for Poison-oak. EPILEPSY, insomnia, mental exhaustion. In epilepsy, IT BRIGHTENS UP THE PATIENT'S MENTAL POWERS and helps the constipation.

Dose

Single dose of the tincture. In epilepsy must be continued for a long time. Verbena in the form of a tea as a diuretic drink is used by Vannier (Paris) to aid elimination in tubercular therapy.

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These titles sit beside the repertory: Allen’s Keynotes, Anshutz on the twelve tissue remedies, Boericke’s materia medica, Clarke’s Dictionary, Hering, Jones, Kent’s lectures, Nash, and Boger’s Synoptic Key. Philosophy includes Hahnemann’s Organon (5th and 6th), Kent, Close, Burnett, Haehl, Gibson Miller, Royal, J. H. Allen, and Anshutz. Clinical, therapeutics, regional works, and short remedy pictures follow the same shelf.

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